DHL Global Forwarding

DHL was founded as a company in 1969 by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn.

The trio initially provided a courier service between the Continental United States and Hawaii, then expanded the business from there.
In 1998, Deutsche Post began to acquire shares in DHL, finally reached majority ownership in 2001, and completed the purchase in 2002.
Deutsche Post then effectively absorbed DHL into its Express division while expanding the use of the DHL brand to other Deutsche Post divisions, business units and subsidiaries.

Today, the DHL Express shares its well-known DHL brand with other Deutsche Post business units such as DHL Global Forwarding & Freight and DHL Supply Chain.

DHL Express's global headquarters are located at the site of Deutsche Post headquarters in Bonn.

Headquarters for the Americas are located in Plantation, Florida, while its Asia-Pacific and EEMEA headquarters are located respectively in Singapore & Bahrain The European HUB is now located in Leipzig.

Most of DHL Express's business is incorporated as DHL International GmbH.

Major competitors include FedEx, UPS, TNT, and national post carriers such as United States Postal Service and Royal Mail. However, DHL has a minor partnership with the USPS, which allows DHL to deliver small packages to the recipient through the USPS network. It also is the sole provider for transferring USPS mail in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

DHL offers worldwide services, including deliveries to countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Myanmar. As it is German-owned, DHL is not affected by U.S. embargoes or sanctions and will ship to Cuba and North Korea.

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